WBC Welterweight World Champion Shawn Porter Makes First Title Defense Against Mandatory Challenger Yordenis Ugas in Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes Main Event
Carson, קאַליף. (מאַרץ 4, 2019) – Multiple-division world champion ראבערט Guerrero returns to the ring to battle Colombia’s Hevinson Herrera אין אַ 10-קייַלעכיק וועלטערוועיגהט באַוט, while former featherweight world champion יאָשקע קועללאַר duels Colombia’s קאַרלאָס פּאַדיללאַ in an eight-round lightweight bout to lead a packed undercard on Saturday, מאַרץ 9 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, קאַליפאָרניאַ.
The event is headlined by PBC on FOX and FOX Deportes show that will see WBC Welterweight World Champion שאָן פּאָרטער making his first title defense in primetime against mandatory challenger יאָרדעניס וגאַס in the main event of the broadcast beginning at 8 פּ.ם. עט / 5 פּ.ם. פּט. Televised prelims on FS1 feature undefeated bantamweight prospect דאַמיען וואַזקוועז battles former world champion וואַן קאַרלאָס פּייַאַנאָ in an eight or 10-round attraction, while unbeaten welterweight prospect and 2016 Lithuanian Olympian Eimantas Stanionis will face once-beaten Sammy Figueroa in an eight round showdown on the telecast beginning at 6:30 פּ.ם. און / 3:30 פּ.ם. פּט.
אין אנדערע ונדערקאַרד אַקציע, ונדעפעאַטעד לייטווייט Rolando Romero (7-0, 6 קאָס) מיץ Nicolas A. Velazquez (10-4, 3 קאָס) in a four or six-round match that will be the TV swing bout on the FOX telecast and unbeaten featherweight Isaac Avelar(15-0, 10 קאָס) clashes with Juan Antonio Lopez (12-5, 4 קאָס) in a six or eight-round match that will be the TV swing bout on the FS1 prelims broadcast.
טיקקעץ פֿאַר די לעבן געשעעניש, וואָס איז פּראָמאָטעד דורך טגב פּראָמאָטיאָנס, זענען אויף פאַרקויף איצט. טיקקעץ קענען זייַן פּערטשאַסט בייַ AXS.com.
The 35-year-old Guerrero (34-6-1, 19 קאָס) has a rich career filled with intriguing matches against some of the best boxers of this generation – פלויד מייַוועאַטהער, קינג, קיט טערמאַן, דאַני גאַרסיאַ – and has won titles at featherweight, יבער פעאַטהערוועיגהט, lightweight and welterweight. Fighting out of Gilroy, קאַליפאָרניאַ, he will be taking on Herrera (24-16-1, 18 קאָס) following a knockout victory over Adam Mates in December.
קועללאַר (28-3, 21 קאָס), who is from Buenos Aires, ארגענטינע, won an interim featherweight title by defeating Claudio Marrero in 2013 that was eventually made the regular title as he made five successful defenses. He dropped the title the next year with a split decision loss to Abner Mares and followed that up with a TKO loss in a junior lightweight championship match against Gervonta Davis last April. The 33-year-old Cuellar is seeking to get back into the world title picture but first will have to get past Padilla (16-9-1, 10 קאָס).
In other undercard bouts unbeaten super featherweight Viktor Slavinskyi (7-0-1, 4 קאָס) נעמט אויף מעקסיקא ס Angel Morrell (11-11-2, 4 קאָס) אין אַ זעקס-קייַלעכיק גלייַכן, super featherweight prospect דזשאָסע פּערעז (6-1, 2 קאָס) באַטאַלז Carlos Trevino (6-13-1, 1 קאָ) in a four-round bout, unbeaten super lightweight prospect Ruben Rodriguez (4-0, 2 קאָס) מיץ Jeremiah De Los Santos of Brownsville, טעקסאַס, who will be making his pro debut in the four-round bout.
Rounding out the action is unbeaten super lightweight prospect Justin Cardonadueling Phillip Bounds in a four-round affair, plus a pair of lightweights will be making their pro debuts as David Gomez of Huntington Park, California battles George Carranza in a four-round fight and Gabriel Muratalla of Fontana, California steps in for a four-round lightweight fight against Bryann Perez.
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